OMG-I am catching a lot of grief for not updating the blog in over a month. Sorry, things have been hectic. Gentry's surgery went really well and he did a great job this time taking the "sleepy" medicine ahead of time. It made it much easier on all of us since he was pretty loopy by the time they wheeled him off. So far so good with this new line. Hopefully it will be
the last one. Treatment has been going pretty good. Some days are easier than others but that is expected. This week should be his last "backpack" week and last spinal for 12 weeks!!!! We are going to 
surprise him with a new bike. Brooks is doing great and growing like crazy. He has a checkup the end of May. He has discovered his feet when he is laying down and lifts his legs up. Cracks us up every time. Friday night my school hosted a family Bingo night and it was great. They are donating the profits to Gentry's Wellness Fund. We were very overwhelmed with the generosity of the people who organized it and those who donated prizes. There were several thousand dollars in prizes given away including free dental work, private golf lessons, limo rides, cleaning service and tons more. And Gentry had a great time spinning the wheel of bingo balls around during the games. We are so thankful to have so many people supporting us. Even though Gentry's treatment is going well it is still a battle everyday. We couldn't image going through this without all this support. Keep your fingers crossed that treatment goes well this week and we can move on to the next phase. 

Gentry loved playing in the snow. He wanted to go outside as soon
as he woke up. It was freezing cold but
he had a great time building a little snow man with dad. I came out for a minute and went back inside where it was warm and snuggled with Brooks. Unfortunately tomorrow we have to check back into the hospital. Gentry has to have his central line replaced again. Hopefully this will be the very last time we have to do this. It would be great to make it all the way through treatment without having to do this again. It is considered out patient surgery so we should be back home tomorrow afternoon. Keep us in your thoughts.

Gentry handled his spinal injection pretty well today. Each time is definitely going a little smoother. Today we came home with a "Cars" backpack. The Batman one was being used by another little boy so Gentry got to be the very first person to use the new Cars bag. We go back on Wed. to get more fluid in his bag and then Thursday we turn the bag back in. This Saturday, Victory in the Valley Cancer Support is having a swim & pizza party for kids going through treatment. We are going to take Gentry so I will get pics of him swimming in his new dinosaur swimsuit. Brooks 
had his 2 month checkup today. He is up to 14 lbs!!! I told you he eats a lot. He is in the 95th percentile for weight. The dr. says he looks good and is super healthy. Brooks was definitely mad when he got his shots. It was the most he has cried since he was born. He was fine though as soon as we got back to Gentry & Dad at chemo and he got a bottle. He slept through Gentry's spinal injection which should be hard to do with as loud as Gentry gets. Check out his hair in the pics. It's wild!!! 

We had a great spring break. We got to play outside a lot since the 
weather was so nice. We also went to the zoo. Gentry loves to check the map to see which animals we need to see next. As you can see from the pictures, Brooks was so impressed he slept the entire time. This week we have a big chemo treatment on Tuesday and Brooks has his 2 month checkup.

We are looking forward to this week since it is spring break. Hopefully the weather will be nice and we can go to the zoo. Gentry's first night of soccer last week was cancelled because it was so cold. Gentry's new thing now is whenever we are in the car we have to listen to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" super loud because he loves the drums. He cracks us up because we listen to it over and over. Brooks is doing great. Still eating a ton and getting so big every day.

Three months ago today we got the official diagnosis for Gentry.
Wow, how our lives have changed since
then. Here are some pics of Gentry during his chemo treatment yesterday. He is hooked up to a pump with a long tube so he can move around & play. And a great pic of Jerry at chemo!!!!

This is Gentry playing his drums to get Brooks to stop crying. It's pretty funny. We have a big chemo treatment tomorrow including a spinal injection so keep us in your thoughts!